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A CARVED STONE LINGA, NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A CARVED STONE LINGA, NEPAL, 17TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Superbly carved, the polished linga decorated with the four aspects of Shiva, each holding a rosary and a vessel. Richly adorned, the faces with a fine expression, wide eyes under arched brows, centered by a tilak, and the hair fashioned in a tall jatamukuta behind an elaborate crown.

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Labels: Galerie Hardt, typed ‘Lingam, Stein, Nepal, 14 Jh, #87 108', and priced at EUR 4,750.
Condition: Superb condition, commensurate with age. Wear, minor signs of weathering and erosion, small chips and nicks, light scratches, structural cracks, minor losses.

Weight: 5,150 g
Dimensions: Height 21.6 cm

In Shaiva mythology, Shiva’s multiple forms are represented as four or five heads on a linga, an iconography known as chaturmukha or panchamukha linga. To indicate the power of the god, a protective cobra may extend over Shiva’s head in some sculptures. These anthropomorphic forms allow devotees to see and be seen by Shiva.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related example dated to 10th century in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, object number B87S7. See also a closely related stone linga dated circa 17th century, 20 cm high, exhibited by Renaud Montmé at Brafa Art Fair, 27 January-4 February 2018, and illustrated in the exhibition catalog, p. 33.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Zacke, Vienna, 11 March 2022, lot 406
Price: EUR 25,280 or approx. EUR 28,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A carved stone linga, Nepal, 16th-17th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related manner of carving. Note the size (37.5 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 31 March 2005, lot 178
Price: USD 8,400 or approx. EUR 13,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gray stone Chaturmukhalinga, Nepal, 10th-11th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related manner of carving. Note the size (56.4 cm) and that the corresponding carved section is slightly smaller than the present lot.

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